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China’s NetEase snaps up French video game studio Quantic Dream Aug 31, 2022

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NetEase, a Chinese technology company and billion-dollar video-game publisher, has acquired French video-game studio Quantic Dream.

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PostEx acquires Call Courier to become Pakistan’s larger e-commerce service provider Aug 31, 2022

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Pakistani fintech PostEx has acquired logistics service provider Call Courier, creating what it describes as the largest e-commerce service provider in the country. PostEx will now serve 1.3 million users with over 8,000 merchants across 500 cities in Pakistan, and is on track to having a loan book of more than $12 million.

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Musk cites whistleblower allegations in fresh attempt to backtrack on $44B Twitter acquisition Aug 30, 2022

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Elon Musk is adding allegations from Twitter security whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko to his list of reasons for pulling out of the $44 billion Twitter acquisition he proposed back in April.

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Honda and LG Energy plan to build a $4.4 billion lithium-ion plant in the US Aug 30, 2022

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Honda is the latest car company with plans to manufacture lithium-ion batteries in the U.S.

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NASA scrubs Artemis I launch due to technical issue Aug 29, 2022

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After much fanfare, including a crop of celebrity appearances and the arrival of Vice President Kamala Harris, NASA said it was scrubbing today’s first-ever launch attempt of the mega moon rocket due to technical issues.

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T-Mobile phones will connect to Starlink for free starting next year Aug 29, 2022

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T-Mobile and SpaceX have announced that Starlink satellites launched next year will be able to connect directly to the carrier’s phones over existing cellular bands.

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Zuckerberg says Meta’s next VR headset will launch in October and will focus on ‘social presence’ Aug 26, 2022

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Meta is launching its next VR headset this October at the company’s Connect conference.

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$10B crypto developer platform Alchemy buys coding bootcamp in first-ever acquisition Aug 26, 2022

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Web3 developer infrastructure startup Alchemy, which last raised a $200 million Series C1 last February, has just made its first acquisition ever — and it’s in the education space.

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Instagram is now allowing users to share posts, Reels, and locations through QR codes Aug 25, 2022

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Instagram is now allowing users to share anyone’s posts or Reels through a QR code. What’s more, users can also share a QR code location through its searchable Map experience.

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Strange Facebook bug is spamming everyone’s feed with celebrity page posts Aug 24, 2022

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Facebook said Wednesday that it’s aware that some users are seeing bizarre posts on their feeds and assured it’s working to resolve the issue.

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